Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, Except for a Few. The death penalty is not the hot-button political issue it was during the 1980s and ’90s,

Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Robert Bowers, who killed 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue, were among those whose death penalties were not commuted.

The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof.

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row, stating he wanted to ensure a fair and effective justice system.

Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the s

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.